Brazil's Health Ministry confirms 8 deaths from yellow fever in 2008
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Last Update: 2020-07-04
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Brazil's Ministry of Health confirmed on the 19th,so far this year, eight people have died of yellow fever,death toll has exceeded2
007In addition, many people were hospitalized for repeated vaccinations in a short period of timeSo
far, there have been five cases of yellow fever death salutation ingoias
, 2
casesbrasiliaand 1 in ParanaBrazil
's Ministry of Health also said that between 2000
and 2007, the country had 177 million yellow fever vaccinations, and this year more than 7 million people had been vaccinated, compared with about 180 million people in Brazil, so someone may have had a second injection during the vaccine's life Brazilian health officials say the yellow fever vaccine is valid for 10 years, during which time repeated vaccinations will have unpredictable effects on the body At least 31 people have been hospitalized in Brazil for a second vaccination in a short period of time, most of them in critical condition, according to local media reports Yellow fever is a mosquito-borne viral infection that is endemic in tropical regions of Latin America and Africa Light yellow fever is characterized by fever
headache
, nausea and other symptoms, heavy yellow fever may appear jaundice , bleeding and proteinuria, causing sepsis , pneumonia and other complications , can cause death
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